Remember...that each child is a separate person, yours forever, but never fully yours. She can never be all you wished or wanted,or all you know she ….

There is a parallel between the twos and the tens. Tens are trying to test their abilities again, sizing up and experimenting to discover how to fit ….

Life with a daughter of nine through twelve is a special experience for parents, particularly mothers. In a daughter's looks, actions, attitudes, pas….

Normal children of both sexes and all cultures will follow a more or less standard and universal developmental pattern and timetable, and reach appro….

Fathers are still considered the most important "doers" in our culture, and in most families they are that. Girls see them as thefamily authorities o….

Young people of high school age can actually feel themselves changing. Progress is almost tangible. It's exciting. It stimulates more progress. Never….

That a good fit between parental handling and child temperament is vital to help children adapt to the imperatives of their society is a crucial conc….

A child is nothing like a racing car. . . . Souping up babies doesn't work that way. The child is what she is. There is a certainirreducible if elusi….

An actress reading a part for the first time tries many ways to say the same line before she settles into the one she believes suits the character an….

You can read the best experts on child care. You can listen to those who have been there. You can take a whole childbirth and child-care course witho….

Women's childhood relationships with their fathers are important to them all their lives. Regardless of age or status, women who seem clearest about ….

Today's fathers and mothers--with only the American dream for guidance--extend and overextend themselves, physically, emotionally,and financially, du….

Fathers can seem powerful and overwhelming to their daughters. Let her see your soft side. Express your feelings and reactions. Tell her where you ca….

Adolescents may be, almost simultaneously, overconfident and riddled with fear. They are afraid of their overpowering feelings, oflosing control, of ….

Life begins at six--at least in the minds of six-year-olds. . . . In kindergarten you are the baby. In first grade you put down the baby. . . . Every….

Many children grow through adolescence with no ripples whatever and land smoothly and predictably in the adult world with both feet on the ground. So….

Even today . . . experts, usually male, tell women how to be mothers and warn them that they should not have children if they have any intention of l….

Parents' ability to survive a child's unabating needs, wants, and demands...varies enormously. Some people can give and give....Whether children are ….

Four- and five-year-olds' play is permeated with the rankest sexism. No matter what their parents do and say, they play their momand pop roles in ult….